01/29/2014

ICBC Agrees to Buy 60% of Standard Bank’s Markets Unit

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., the world’s most profitable lender, agreed to pay about $765 million for 60 percent of Standard Bank Group Ltd. markets unit to expand in commodities and currency trading.

01/29/2014

Societe Generale in French securities exchange deal

Societe Generale Securities Services was engaged by IntercontinentalExchange Group (ICE) to manage the exchange of securities on the Euroclear Clearing Systems following its merger with NYSE Euronext.

01/23/2014

UBS - no difference of view on investment bank

UBS’s board supports the strategy of keeping the investment bank to help provide services needed by the company’s ultra-rich clients in wealth management, Chairman Axel Weber said.

01/21/2014

J.P. Morgan picks BNP Paribas for novel French fund

After implementing the passport of its Luxembourg management company in France, J.P. Morgan Asset Management has chosen BNP Paribas Securities Services as depository bank and fund administrator for its first France-domiciled fund based on this model.

01/10/2014

London's top 10 deal makers

As the City’s M&A activity is expected to spring into life this year, who are London’s top deal makers by value?